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The men who could succeed Vladimir Putin
The Week ^ | Three weeks ago | David Faris

Posted on 08/28/2025 5:10:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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1 posted on 08/28/2025 5:10:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

What a bunch of Ukrainian propaganda.


2 posted on 08/28/2025 5:18:17 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

“ What a bunch of Ukrainian propaganda.”

Agree. What a crock. Funny thing is, you can tell it’s going to be a Propoganda hit piece by just reading the title. Almost funny.


3 posted on 08/28/2025 5:23:55 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Putin, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.


4 posted on 08/28/2025 5:32:36 PM PDT by Eli Kopter (ביחד ננצח הלב שלנו שבוי בעזה Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’d be shocked if Putin didn’t think about potential successors all the time. Someone in his position not only would have to plan for normal continuity of government, but identify and weaken threats, pit rivals and factions against each other, flatter and reward supporters, build legislative blocs, etc., all without spookung the herd. Putin has made himself indispensible to the ruling elite — there will be a mad scramble for power and spoils when he goes. Things will not get instantly better from our perspective.


5 posted on 08/28/2025 5:36:17 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah
Or maybe there is none.

Putin is that paranoid.

6 posted on 08/28/2025 5:38:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: All

In a general sense, it is fundamentally wise to ignore and not post articles that depend on Kyiv Independent or the Institute for the Study of War.

As for Putin’s successor the list starts with Medvedev and maybe, just maybe, ends with Igor Sechin.

Neither has any interest at all in any measures not designed to propel Russia to inevitable dominance.


7 posted on 08/28/2025 5:42:12 PM PDT by Owen
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To: MinorityRepublican

If anything happens to me nuke Ukraine and the rest of those Euroweenies.

8 posted on 08/28/2025 5:42:52 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: MinorityRepublican

When is Putin going to descend from an open window ??


9 posted on 08/28/2025 5:43:25 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: MinorityRepublican

Putin hasn’t figured it out yet.
Russian birth rate has dropped dramatically.
They are killing a lot of younger men in a war.
His society will be changed dramatically
in the coming years.
I fear it will not be for the better.
I was in the military, working with nukes.
I would have been happy to destroy their military,
and government, but not the people.


10 posted on 08/28/2025 5:50:20 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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His society will be changed dramatically

Hard to predict. But it's likely that Russia will not longer remain intact.

Chechnya will become independent. Then others will likely follow.

11 posted on 08/28/2025 5:51:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Eli Kopter

Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be on that list. How many will be alive two years from now?


12 posted on 08/28/2025 6:03:40 PM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Ukrainian drones cutting refinery output in Russia by 22% is a serious blow. Russia is losing a lot of revenue, and is struggling to continue the war. A lot of people haven’t been paid; when there is no money to pay the soldiers, then the problem will be really serious.


13 posted on 08/28/2025 6:12:08 PM PDT by proxy_user
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Theoretically, when Putin loses his revenue from selling oil, he’ll be forced to end the war in Ukraine. Then he’ll have to negotiate.


14 posted on 08/28/2025 6:15:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

War is pretty much over, Russian troops have now entered Odessa according to what I saw tonight. Trump has helped to isolate the U.S. and the rest of the world is pivoting to the new Multi-Polar world where the Dollar is no longer the Reserve Currency.

Russia in 3 years has destroyed the Ukraine army, over 1.5 million dead, they are now finished and no troops will come from the U.S. or NATO to help as we have none to send.


15 posted on 08/28/2025 6:24:13 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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War is pretty much over, Russian troops have now entered Odessa according to what I saw tonight.

Fake news.

16 posted on 08/28/2025 6:24:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

It is more likely that Russia will collapse suddenly and completely. Huge numbers of unpaid soldiers with powerful weapons directed by ruthless men can make a lot of trouble.


17 posted on 08/28/2025 6:25:59 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: MinorityRepublican

Useful


18 posted on 08/28/2025 6:35:46 PM PDT by Thud
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To: MinorityRepublican

At the bottom of the article is a short Bio of David Faris.
Did you even notice he is a Democrat? Promoting his Democrat Book.
You should be more careful about the authors you promote here.
Some Freepers might mistake you a Democrat too.

“David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It’s Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting
Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed
Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian
Science Monitor, and Indy Week.”


19 posted on 08/28/2025 6:42:25 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Thud

David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University
and the author of It’s Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting
Majority in American Politics


20 posted on 08/28/2025 6:45:10 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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